Clark Robinson and Tom Tom (Thomas Meador) ski a sick backcountry line down a chute, across a powder bowl, charge full speed along the edge of a cliff, and then Clark sends a frontflip off of a 300 ft cliff as Tom Tom jumps behind him. They deploy their parachutes and then Tom Tom chases Clark under parachute down the mountain over trees and liffs until they land safely in a meadow in the forest. This video was filmed from Tom Tom’s POV as he followed Clark Robinson down the mountain. Skiing is rad. BASE jumping is rad. Ski BASE jumping is rad. Getting outside and having fun is rad. It’s all rad!!
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La Grave’s Derby de La Meije is an 800-person, 6,000-vertical-foot downhill race through some of the gnarliest lift-accessed terrain anywhere.
His eyes bulge as he straight lines out the tightening funnel of La Grave, France’s Vallons de La Meije. The muscles in his thighs tear in ways you can’t train for. On his left, he passes a man sliding on an inner tube. On his right, a woman telemarking in a tutu. He’s locked in the world’s longest human slalom, down 6,000 vertical feet of refrozen knee-deep bumps, with no marked course, and nothing barring the public … More
30eme Derby de la Meije 2018